# On your feet: Gloria Estefan musical **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-your-feet-gloria-estefan-musical/810591 "2018-03-15T06:06:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-your-feet-gloria-estefan-musical/810591/1 "2018-03-15T06:06:59Z")
> **[On Your Feet! | Broadway in Chicago](https://www.broadwayinchicago.com/show/on-your-feet-2018/)** > > From their humble beginnings in Cuba, Emilio and Gloria Estefan came to America and broke through all barriers to become a crossover sensation at the very I honestly thought this was a joke the first time I heard of it. I’m not sure it’s worth giving it a chance even with $20 ticket prices. But, I’ll let the more educated theatre Dopers check in. Maybe there’s something that I’m missing in the life of Gloria Estefan that makes it worthy of a musical. I’ll admit, I wasn’t expect much from Beautiful: The Carole King musical. However, Beautiful absolutely blew me away with how great it was. I saw it twice and would happily see it again. Do I give On Your Feet a chance with some discounted tickets? Or will I be like I was doing Love Never Dies and just be grateful for a strong cocktail during intermission? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-your-feet-gloria-estefan-musical/810591/2 "2018-03-15T12:46:16Z")
If you can wait until the beginning of June, I can tell you – I have tickets (part of our subscription). From what I know about her, they can probably concentrate on her rise to success and her comeback after she was seriously injured in a bus crash. I’m sure they can work with that – _Jersey Boys_ didn’t have a lot of drama, but still worked. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-your-feet-gloria-estefan-musical/810591/3 "2018-03-15T14:54:12Z")
All I can say on the matter is to not underestimate Gloria’s reach. As a man married to a full-blooded Cuban I can tell you Gloria is HUGE in that community, absolutely HUGE. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-your-feet-gloria-estefan-musical/810591/4 "2018-03-15T15:38:27Z")
I work in the Broadway industry and have a few friends who were in the Broadway production. I agree with you, I can name, like, one Gloria Estefan song and thought there was no way they could make this work. And I’m not saying they did, _entirely_. But it actually had a pretty decent run in New York, and the reviews were mixed, if I recall. So, I would say if tickets are only 20 bucks, what do you have to lose? At the very least it’ll be an evening of high-energy music that makes you want to dance, so why not? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-your-feet-gloria-estefan-musical/810591/5 "2018-03-15T16:05:21Z")
How much do you like her music? The point of these bio musicals is not to have a thoughtful, emotionally challenging story. The point is to listen to the songs of someone whose music you enjoy. I love Billy Joel, so my family took me to see the Billy Joel musical “Moving Out” for my birthday. I loved every second of it, because Billy is one of my favorite songwriters, and I knew and enjoyed every song. The rest of my family hated it and thought it was terrible (but who cares, the birthday girl had fun :D) I agree that “Beautiful” was great, with a strong book and music. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-your-feet-gloria-estefan-musical/810591/6 "2018-03-15T17:34:47Z")
Saw it recently at the Kennedy Center. Go for the music, not for the drama. If you don’t like her music, don’t go.